Tie for woven-wire fences.



No. 801,365. PATENTBD OCT. 10, 1905. J. D. URANDBLL.

TIE FOR WOVEN WIRE FENCES- APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12. 1905 WITNESSES: WINVENTOR. .ewwfl a a. I

JAMES D. CRANDELL, OF PlTTSFORD, MICHIGAN.

TIE FOR WOVEN-WIRE FENCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed June 12, 1905. Serial No. 264,784,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES D. CRANDELL, a resident of Pittsford, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties for lVoven-VVire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to ties for looking or uniting the stay or vertical wires of wovenwire fences to the horizontal or line wires thereof, whereby to hold said wires in rigid relation to each other.

The object of my invention is the provision of an efficient tie of this class that has its end terminals crossing on each other and locked to the stay-wires on opposite sides of the linewire, thereby causing the crossing wires to befirmly gripped, preventing a sliding of one on the other and very materially increasing the strength and durability of the tie.

While the essential and characteristic features of my invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, the preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tie or look embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are side and rear elevations, respectively, of the same; and Figs. 4 and 5 are side and rear elevations, respectively, of a modified construction of my invention.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, 1 represents a horizontal or line wire, and 2 a vertical or stay wire of the ordinary type of woven-wire fences.

The tie comprising my invention is of the staple class and is driven over the line or horizontal wire 1 from the side thereof opposite to that on which the stay-wire 2 is disposed, with its body portion 3 coacting with said line-wire 1 a short distance from the staywire 2 and its legs 4 and 4 extended on opposite sides of the line-wire and over the outer or opposite side of the stay-wire. After crossing the stay-wire the legs 4 and 4 bend forward on a converging curve and cross the outer or. opposite side of the line-wire, each in contact therewith and with the other and the leg 4 crossing in advance of the leg 4'.

The leg 4 thence curves rearwardly toward the body portion 3 of the staple, crossing the inner side of the stay-wire 2 in direct opposition to the point of contact of the leg 4 therewith and has its terminal hooked or looped about said wire in flush lateral position with the outer side of said leg, as shown at '5, while the leg 4 from its point of contact with the line-wire extends rearwardly, crossing over the contiguousportion of the leg 4 and the inner side ofthe stay-wire 2 and has its terminal hooked or looped around said wire in flush lateral position with the outer side of the leg 4, as shown at 6.

The crossing of the leg 4 over the leg 4 at its point of contact with the line-wire causes said latter leg to be firmly retained in con tact with said wire, while the locking of the terminals of the staple-legs about the staywire on opposite sides of the line-wire and in opposition to the first points of contact of the staple-legs with the stay-wire tend to very materially strengthen and to form a rigid and durable lock or tie for the crossing wires of a fabric. By the use of this construction of tie the lateral sliding of a stay-wire with respect to a horizontal wire, or vice versa, is entirely obviated, due to the crimps 7 in the crossing wires cooperating with the wire-engaging portions of the staple.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown two views of a modification of the tie above described, in which a represents the line or horizontal wire, 7) the stay-wire crossing at right angles thereto, and c the staple forming the tie. The staple is driven over the line-wire (6 and around the opposite surface of the stay-wire b in the same manner as above described; but instead of having its legs converging and crossing each other approximately over the line-wire and thence extending back and having their terminals engage the opposite side ofthe staywire to that first engaged thereby the legs (1 of the staple after crossing the stay-wire converge and cross each other at one side of the line-wire and thence extend back each to the outer side of and in substantial parallelism with the other leg and have their terminals passing over the same side of the stay-wire b first engaged thereby and formed with the hooks e, which extend substantially a quarter way around the stay-wire, with their ends terminating approximately flush'with the face of the opposite or what may be termed ,inner side of the stay-wire.

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Having thus described my invention, What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wire fence, a line-wire, a stay-wire, a staple member having its body portion in contact with the outer side of the line-wire and its legs crossing in rear of the stay-wire, thence converging and crossing over the outer side of the line-wire and having their terminals engaged to the stay-wire.

2. In a wire fence, two crossing wires, astaple member driven over and having its body portion in contact with one of said wires and its legs crossing and in contact with the outer side of the other crossing wire on opposite sides of the first engaged wire, with the terminal of one of said legs crossing the outer face of the first engaged wire and curving rearwardly toward its body portion and the terminal of the other leg crossing said latter wire thence extending rearwardly and having its end locked to the second engaged wire.

3. In a wire fence, the combination with a line and stay wire, of a staple member driven over and having engagement with the outer side of the line-wire with its legs crossing in rear of the stay-wire, thence converging and crossing the outer or opposite side of the linewire in a rearwardlyextending curve, and having their ends locked to the stay-wire.

4;. In a wire fence, two crossing wires, a staple member driven over and having its body portion in contact with one of said wires and its legs crossing and in contact with the outer side of the other crossing wire, thence converging and crossing the outer side of the first engaged wire and curving rearwardly toward the body portion thereof, one of said legs crossing over the other and having its terminal engaged to the second crossed wire.

In a tie for wire fencing, the con'ibination with two crossing wires, of a tie in the form of a staple having its loop in contact with one of said wires and its legs crossing and in contact with the outer side of the other wire, thence curving upwardly and forming return-bends which cross the wire engaged by the loop and each other and have their terminals locked to the second engaged wire at the outer side of the first point of crossing of the other leg.

6. In a wire fence the combination with a stay-wire and crossing line-wire, of a tie in the form of a staple having its loop in contact with the outer side of the line-wire and its legs crossing the outer side of the stay-wire, thence converging on a return-bend and crossing the outer side of the line-Wire and each other on the opposite side of the stay-wire to the loop and having their terminals crossing the outer side of the stay-wire in flush position with the other leg.

7. In a wire fence, the combination with a stay-wire and crossing line-wire, of a tie in the form of a staple having its loop in contact with the outer side of the line-wire and its legs crossing in rear of the stay-wire, thence curving upwardly and forming return-bends which cross the outer side of the line-wire and each other and have their terminals passed in rear of the stay-wire to the outer side of the legs and hooked to the side of the stay-wire facing the loop.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES D. CRANDELL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. J. LANE, B. .D. CHANDLER. 

